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Attributed to Johannes Vermeer
c. 1655
Oil on canvas
102 cm × 83 cm (40 in × 33 in)
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Saint Praxedis is an oil painting attributed to Johannes Vermeer. This attribution has often been questioned. However in 2014 the auction house Christie's announced the results of new investigations which in their opinion demonstrate conclusively that it is a Vermeer.
The painting is a copy of a work by Felice Ficherelli, and depicts the early Roman martyr, Saint Praxedis or Praxedes. It may be Vermeer's earliest surviving work, dating from 1655.
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c. 1655
Oil on canvas
102 cm × 83 cm (40 in × 33 in)
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Saint Praxedis is an oil painting attributed to Johannes Vermeer. This attribution has often been questioned. However in 2014 the auction house Christie's announced the results of new investigations which in their opinion demonstrate conclusively that it is a Vermeer.
The painting is a copy of a work by Felice Ficherelli, and depicts the early Roman martyr, Saint Praxedis or Praxedes. It may be Vermeer's earliest surviving work, dating from 1655.
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